Nancy's Notes

Body Grace Notes As I typed “October 28” at the top of this editorial, my stomach did a flip and my heart went a-flutter. How is it possible that we are just a few days away from November?

Body This amazing story comes from our neighbors to the west where Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers finally got the opportunity to help a bull elk get rid of an unwanted heavy burden.

Body “For the first time in the United States, there are more older adults than young children.” That was the lead-in sentence of a story put out by K-State Research and Extension recently, and it kind of caught me by surprise.

Body Tie one on I can clearly picture both of my grandmothers, even though they’ve been absent from my life for many years. And when I picture them, they would be wearing a dress with an apron tied around the waist.

Body What two-letter word is the most frequently spoken or typed word on the planet? Let me give you a tiny hint: It was the first word spoken on the moon. Go ahead...

Body Every once in a great while, as we’re traveling through an area that’s unfamiliar to us, it is fun to see a sign that just tickles the funny bone. I need to take a picture to remember them.

Body Surely I’ve mentioned this before, but I love to travel by Google Air, navigating with one finger as I “fly over” any place in the world. Recently I learned that there is another Webster Lake that has a very interesting story.

Body On September 11, 2001, America was forever changed. It has been 20 years since the attacks, but that tragic day, which served as a true test of the American spirit, will be remembered always.

Body If you were along for the ride last week, you may have cringed your way through my story about fairy tales and nursery rhymes. I had way too much fodder for the inches that I get to fill each week, so I saved some for a “Part 2.

Body I remember when our sons were small and loved to have us read to them. We had several volumes of books that contained some of the familiar stories we had learned as children. I remember the books as being filled with beautiful pictures and the typical “happily ever after” endings.